Pants-protector



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G. WATKINSON.

PANTS PROTECTOR. No. 281,213. Patented July 10, 1883.

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GEORGE WATKINSON, OE NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PANTS-PROTECTOR.

sPEcIFIcArIoN forming pare of. Lef-.ters Patent No. 281,213, dated July 10,1883.

Application filed December 4, 1G82. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WATKINsoN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pants-Protectors, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of pantsprotectois in which a tongue is adjustably attached to a plate adapt-edito be secured to the heel of a. boot or shoe of either rubber or leather.

My invention consists in an improved construction and combination of the constituent parts of the pants-protector, whereby the cost of thelmanufacture of same is reduced and the operation of the device is rendered more efficient and durable, all as hereinafter more fully described;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear view of the heel of a rubber shoe pro vided with my improved pants-protector, the .latter being shown intheposition in whichitis placed when not required for use for the purpose of better illustrating the construction of the device. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section with the pants-pro tector in its operative position shown by dot*- ted lines, and Fig. 4 is a detached view ofthe plate by which the pants-supporting tongue is secured to the heel of a boot or shoe.

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d is a metallic plate adapted to be secured to the heel of a boot or shoe either of rubber or leather. When to be attached to rubber, I prefer to provide it with vertical slots b I), for the reception of clinchingspurs r, which project from a washelg'w, applied to the in- Y ner side et the rubber, and pass through the rubber and aforesaid slots, and are bent down upon the outside of the plate a, as shown in Fig. l `of the drawings. When the plate a is to be'applied to the heel of a leather boot or shoe, I prefer to employ screws passing through suitable holes in the said plate and into the solid leather of the heel. The plate a is provided with cars e e, on which is hinged a tongue, d, the hinged end of which is formed with a V-shapedcaln or angular enlargement, c, between the ears e e. Under the cam c lies a spring-plate, s, which projects from the platea andpresses against the aforesaid cam, so that by its bearing on the rear l vor iiat sides of the cam it yieldingly holds the tongue both in its elevated position, as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, and in its rearward projecting position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig..3 of the drawings, the former position being that in which the tongue isjplaced when not required for use, and the latter position being its operative position. The pressure of the projecting portion of the cam c against thesp ring s automatically throws the tongue into its aforesaid position, and, while allowing said tongue to yield to an accidental straining below its projecting or operative position, it causes the same to spring back into its said requisite position as soon as it is released from the said undue strain. The danger of breaking the device as well as of tripping the wearer of the boot or shoe to which Iny improved pants-protector is applied is thus effectually obviated.

In orderto reduce the cost of the manufacture ci the described pants-protector, and also to render the same more durable, I make the spring s integral with the plate a by making in the upper end of said plate two vertical slots, a a, between the ears e e, the free end ofthe in termediate portion of the plate forming the spring s. The base of the plate a. I form with a rigid rearward projection, a, upon which to apply the pressure of the toe of one foot in drawing oft' the shoe from the other foot.

Having described Iny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

A device for protecting the bottoms of pants, consisting of the plate a, adapted to be secured to the heel or' aboot or shoe, and pro vided at its upper edge with ,the ears e c, and an intermediate spring, s, formed by slots nu, incombination with a hinged tongue, d, having a cam, c, and adapted to be turned either out at right angles to the plate or into aplane with the plate, all constructed and combined substantially in the manner described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 24th day of November, 1882.

VGEORGE VATKINSON. [L 

